Newsletter

Reflections, event reports and community news from the Schoenstatt Shrines at Mulgoa (NSW) and Mount Richon (WA) — 436 articles from across the Schoenstatt family in Australia.

Advent Afternoon for Girls WA

From the February 2025 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Feb 2025

Inspired by the Jubilee Year of Hope, the theme for the Advent afternoon for girls, aged 8-11 was “Hope in my Heart.” During the morning, the junior leaders and young women, learnt about the jubilee year theme and logoRead more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the February 2025 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Feb 2025

A week before he died, on 7 September 1968, Father Kentenich wrote a message to the members of the Schoenstatt Family who were taking part in the 82nd German Catholic Congress in Essen.Read more ›

Girls’ Summer Camp, Mount Schoenstatt

From the February 2025 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Feb 2025

The Girls Summer Camp held at Mount Schoenstatt, Mulgoa, was again this year a highlight for many girls during the Christmas school holidays. Many girls reunited with old friends while others were attending for the very first time.Read more ›

Sinulog – Mount Richon WA

From the February 2025 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Feb 2025

Sunday 19th January united us in a special way with the Philippines, especially Cebu where our Sisters are ministering and where, on the third Sunday of January annually, the festival of Santo Nino – the Sinulog – is celebrated.Read more ›

Theology of the Body Immersion Course

From the February 2025 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Feb 2025

From 19 – 24 January, the Theology of the Body Institute delivered an immersion course on the writings of St John Paul II on the topic of Gender, Marriage and Family at the Benedict XVI Retreat Centre in Sydney.Read more ›

Write your name on the Bellavista Shrine

From the February 2025 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Feb 2025

Schoenstatt International began 2025 from the Bellavista Shrine (the Cenacle Shrine), the Shrine of the 31st of May, in uniting our Schoenstatt Family in a new crusade. It is a campaign called, ‘Give Mary a roof tile,’Read more ›

Children’s Liturgy Mount Schoenstatt

From the January 2025 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Jan 2025

It has been a year since we began offering Children’s Liturgy at the 11am Mass at Mount Schoenstatt Mulgoa, on the first Sunday of each month. We have been inspired by a text from St John Paul 11Read more ›

‘Christmas Star’ Initiative

From the January 2025 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Jan 2025

As many of you have experienced there is a constant stream of people visiting the Shrine in Mulgoa. We were all aware that this would only increase during the Christmas period.Read more ›